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<span id="id1"></span><h1>Glossary<a class="headerlink" href="#glossary" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<dt id="term-caret">caret</dt>
<dd>The blinking vertical bar in the text that most people erroneously call the cursor.</dd>
<dt id="term-css"><abbr>CSS</abbr></dt>
<dd>Cascading Style Sheets.</dd>
<dt id="term-epubcheck">epubcheck</dt>
<dd><p class="first">A tool used to validate <abbr>EPUB</abbr> files. Since <abbr>EPUB</abbr> files need to follow the <abbr>EPUB</abbr> specification, this tool was made to check for basic errors in the file that would make it non-valid. Do note that it is not a panacea and it is not perfect; it doesn&#8217;t check everything. Also note that even if <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">epubcheck</span></tt> reports that a file is valid, that doesn&#8217;t mean the file will render flawlessly on all <em>Reading Systems</em>. None of those are perfect either, and they all have their little quirks and idiosyncrasies.</p>
<p>With all of that in mind, it&#8217;s still a <em>very</em> good idea to make sure your <abbr>EPUB</abbr> files pass <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">epubcheck</span></tt> without errors or warnings.</p>
<p class="last"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">Epubcheck</span></tt> can be downloaded <a class="reference external" href="http://code.google.com/p/epubcheck/">here</a>.</p>
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<dt id="term-metadata">metadata</dt>
<dd>The information about the book, like the book&#8217;s title, author, publication date, publisher, subject etc.</dd>
<dt id="term-reading-system">Reading System</dt>
<dd>Any combination of hardware and/or software that is used to present the <abbr>EPUB</abbr> book to the reader. For instance, it can be an application like <em>Adobe Digital Editions</em> or a hardware device like the <em>Barnes &amp; Noble Nook</em>.</dd>
<dt id="term-ui"><abbr>UI</abbr></dt>
<dd>User Interface.</dd>
<dt id="term-wysiwyg"><abbr>WYSIWYG</abbr></dt>
<dd>What You See Is What You Get.</dd>
<dt id="term-xhtml"><abbr>XHTML</abbr></dt>
<dd>Extensible Hypertext Markup Language.</dd>
<dt id="term-xml"><abbr>XML</abbr></dt>
<dd>Extensible Markup Language.</dd>
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